It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Amazing cinematography and story.The story tells of a world were women have somehow become infertile and it's been over a decade since the last baby was born. The main character is a former activist and is recruited on a journey to bring a special young women to the human project. The camera work in this film is absolutely amazing. The film has a good mix of hand held shots and some not but works really well together. There are also some very impressive long shots were scenes and actors are chaotic but the camera does not cut. The movies score was also good.The story also touches on the topic of how many countries controversial ways of dealing with immigrants and refugees. All in all I loved watching this movie. Especially if you are a fan of cinematography then I would recommend you to try out this movie.

Some movies just take my breath away. Some movies just leave me behind in awe. "Children of Men" does all that to me. And mind you, I have seen it now over 5 times, and honestly it does get more impressive every time I see it..."Children of Men" has got a heart. A warm endearing heart that pulsates louder than the exploding bombs in this movie. A lust for life runs through this picture that is like an adrenaline shot.Superlatives dont suffice to describe this gritty, violent,bleak and depressive story about a world in which a virus has caused an epidemic of child deaths at birth. No children have been born in years. One girl only, an illegal immigrant girl, has gotten pregnant and she carries the weight of the world on her shoulders because the existence of humanity is at stake here. If her new born dies, humans will cease to excist. If she can manage to keep her newborn alive, mankind has got a chance for survival. Clive Owen plays the man who accompanies this young pregnant girl through literally a battlefield, towards a safe haven. I think it is one of his best performances. Michael Caine and Julliane Moore play supporting roles that are to die for. The acting in this picture is sublime.Alfonso Quaron directed, wrote and edited this picture. He has also made "Gravity" (with Sandra Bullock in space), which has won numerous oscars. This director is a movie genius. He only makes 1 movie in every 4-5 years, but he creates classics EVERY time."Children of Men" has got a natural beauty and rythm to it, that is astonishingly impressive. How many times have I seen movies that flow so seemingly effortlessly? Not that I want to get technical, but this movie is as real as it gets in front and behind the camera. The photography of this picture is oscar worthy. Just follow closely how long the scenes last without ANY cut in it at all. While bombs explode, buildings are tore down, when people storm the streets, minutes and minutes go by without any cut in the scenes. That takes an effort similar to an orchestration of a classical symphony. It must have taken enormous efforts and time to make this picture as ravishing as it has become. "Children of Men" has that quality of real life imagery, so real that you just forget you are watching a movie. It is enticing, worrysome, suspenseful, heartwarming and thrilling. And still I feel I havent giving it enough praise. A classic can have that effect on me. I wanna conclude with a statement of the director himself:Alfonso Cuarón has stated that he "didn't want to make a film that ends when the credits roll. He wanted to make a film that, when the final credits roll...that's really the beginning of the film".This movie left me behind with a feeling of bewilderment about the future and the world we live in now...

Just finished Alfonso Cuarón's "Children of Men", and let me tell you, I did not see something of its scale coming when I loaded it into the DVD player. The first half an hour or so I was kinda confused, I'll admit, but eventually I caught on and got pretty engrossed in it. The acting was so phenomenal. Certain characters, such as the ones played by Clive Owen and Clare-Hope Ashitey stood out. Their performances intensified the story to an extreme point of me having to press pause and take a breather. The cinematography was also very impressive. The use of long shots were extremely effective, and at one point in the movie, a split of blood stayed on the camera lense for several minutes. These kinds of details have the film a unique style so in sync with the story. Something else I noticed that has never stood out to me before was sound mixing. They used layer upon layer upon layer to create this gritty realisticness. The sound department did a great job of bringing certain sounds out at the right time. Combine the sound, eye candy, acting and great story, and they've created not only a solid film, but a really phenomenal one. The plot took unexpected yet appropriate twists that pushed the plot and my emotions along, and I didn't see the events of the last act coming at all. But it all felt right. This was a really really good movie.

Children Of MenThe complexity of the premise is smartly nullified by narrowing down the priorities and specificity of the characters and is then projected majestically about the humanitarian language that oozes power, rage and vulnerability at the same point. Alfonso Cuarón is excellent on depicting the sequences in one take proving his superiority in the field and has smartly adapted too by keeping it short (for around 100 minutes) and electrifying. Clive Owen; as the protagonist, justifies its character and is well supported by Michael Caine and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Children Of Men has a strong and powerful concept that is highlighted by gripping screenplay, perfect editing, stellar performance and jaw dropping cinematography that surpasses the expectations.